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Asparagus in the flowering stage.
6 years agoCorrect!
6 years agoGrape leaves infested.
http://igrow.org/gardens/home-and-garden-pests/phylloxera-a-grape-pest/
David is correct!
There are actually numerous species of milkweed that monarchs eat, but this is the most common.
https://www.monarchwatch.org/milkweed/guide/latifo.htm
It was great to meet up with all of you on the road and I am glad to have been of some assistance. The ride back from Port Bruce to Sparta was a bit of a slog into the wind - so doubly good that you didn't go that way!
6 years agoThis is Milkweed. Essential for the survival of the Monarch butterfly.
6 years agoThis is an Oberon class boat. The RAN also had a fleet of these and two are on display, one in Fremantle Western Australia which we did the tour on and the other is in Sydney. The entry fee afaicr was about the same as you were quoted.
Mike
HaHa - one of the most photographed houses in Ontario. I have one friend who has photos going back thirty years! The last few years have been really tough on it.
6 years agoHi Jacques and Lise,
We always enjoy our days in Canada. Thanks for following us. We hope to see you both again soon.
Jeanna and Kerry
The Ontario peanut guy in the article is located in Vittoria. We'll be close to Vittoria tomorrow, but that's well east of where we saw the mystery crop yesterday.
I agree the mystery crop looks a lot like peanuts.
It sure looks like peanuts... My Botany lab partner and I grew peanuts for our semester project... They were not quite that big when the semester ended... If only we'd known how much slower they grow than tomatoes!
Link to a picture:
http://www.all-creatures.org/pics/peanut-05.html
Looks a lot like peanuts, but I'd think that's a bit far north for peanuts....
Unless maybe it is this guy.
https://www.producer.com/2005/10/ontario-farmer-goes-nuts/
"where the light shines through the clouds"
6 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_typhina
Some usage:
Some beekeepers use dried sumac bobs as a source of fuel for their smokers.
The fruit of sumacs can be collected, soaked and washed in cold water, strained, sweetened and made into a pink lemonade.[10] The leaves and berries of staghorn sumac have been mixed with tobacco and other herbs and smoked by Native American tribes.[11] This practice continues to a small degree to this day.
All parts of the staghorn sumac, except the roots, can be used as both a natural dye and as a mordant. The plant is rich in tannins and can be added to other dye baths to improve light fastness. The leaves may be harvested in the summer and the bark all year round.[12]
We saw some potato fields with white flowers and others with purple flowers. A nearby farm stand was selling brown and russet potatoes. We guessed the purple flowers were the russet potatoes.
6 years ago